Florida offensive linesman Tyler Moore (73) is out for the rest of the season after surgery to repair a compound fracture in his right elbow. / John Raoux, AP

by David Jones, USA TODAY Sports

by David Jones, USA TODAY Sports

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida offensive lineman Tyler Moore is out for the season after surgery Wednesday to repair a compound fracture in his right elbow, suffered Tuesday in a scooter accident.

Moore had started in place of Chaz Green, who suffered a torn labrum in preseason, then switched from right to left tackle after D.J. Humphries sprained an MCL last week in practice before the Gators' loss to Georgia. Humphries was forecast at the time to miss two to four weeks.

"Unfortunately last night Tyler Moore was riding home on his scooter and he came around a curve there and his back tire came out from underneath him and he had a compound fracture of his elbow,'' Gators coach Will Muschamp said Wednesday on the SEC teleconference. "So he'll be out for the season, and we'll know about his prognosis and how long after the surgery, obviously.''

Max Garcia will move to left tackle from guard with Kyle Koehne and Ian Silberman taking Garcia's left guard spot. Trip Thurman will back up both tackles.

Octavius Jackson also could see some playing time.

"He's been repping all year and we've kind of prepared for an unfortunate situation,'' Muschamp said of the true freshman, who has no experience.

Trent Brown, who made his first career start last week, will stay at the starting right tackle spot. Koehne has started five games this season.

Florida has started five different combinations in its eight games on the offensive line. The only player to start every game up front has been center Jon Harrison.

The Gators have used three different players at left and right tackle. Florida's original first-team line missed a total of seven starts in 2012.

"I hate it for Tyler, but we'll move forward,'' Muschamp said.

Florida (4-4 overall, 3-3 in SEC play) hosts Vanderbilt (4-4, 1-4) at noon Saturday on homecoming. The Commodores' defense ranks 10th in the SEC in total defense, allowing 389.9 yards a game. Vandy is ninth in the SEC in sacks (1.88 a game). The Gators have played four of the top five teams in the league in sacks in the last four games.

"I've always talked about man down, man up and we don't make excuses ... the expectation level here, that doesn't change,'' Muschamp said.